Jane Austen and LeisureBloomsbury Publishing, 1 de jul. 1998 - 376 pàgines Jane Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. Even the minority of clergymen, soldiers and sailors - men with professions - are almost never seen working. Jane Austen herself, despite responsibility for some domestic tasks, wrote as a woman of leisure. Yet leisure, the distinguishing mark of a gentleman, was not meant to be an excuse for idleness. The proper use of leisure to fulfil duties, to read and to think, and above all to pursue social relations in a world where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character. |
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... London numbered about 900,000 . The larger towns , such as Manchester , Liverpool , Birmingham , Bristol , Portsmouth or Bath , together accounted for another 500,000 people , while everybody else lived either in smaller cathedral ...
... London numbered about 900,000 . The larger towns , such as Manchester , Liverpool , Birmingham , Bristol , Portsmouth or Bath , together accounted for another 500,000 people , while everybody else lived either in smaller cathedral ...
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... London , going shopping . Staying with Edward and Fanny at Henry's house , No. 10 Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , in Septem- ber 1813 , she was anxious to put every moment to good use : ' Layton and Shear's is Bedford House ' , she ...
... London , going shopping . Staying with Edward and Fanny at Henry's house , No. 10 Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , in Septem- ber 1813 , she was anxious to put every moment to good use : ' Layton and Shear's is Bedford House ' , she ...
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... London ) depended on having done so . Thus Jane Austen's friend Madam Lefroy wrote to her son Edward in the Isle of Wight , ' I hope you will dine with Mr Beckford if he is so good as to invite you again , you know he never lived within ...
... London ) depended on having done so . Thus Jane Austen's friend Madam Lefroy wrote to her son Edward in the Isle of Wight , ' I hope you will dine with Mr Beckford if he is so good as to invite you again , you know he never lived within ...
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... London or Bath , when the whole family was not going , it would probably not be feasible for her to leave the household , and someone else would have to be found : ' I shall be very happy to chaperon you at any time till I am confined ...
... London or Bath , when the whole family was not going , it would probably not be feasible for her to leave the household , and someone else would have to be found : ' I shall be very happy to chaperon you at any time till I am confined ...
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... London . Both sisters were enthusiastic and conscientious correspondents , keeping each other informed of family news , discussing clothes and other matters of personal interest and recording in detail the comings and goings of friends ...
... London . Both sisters were enthusiastic and conscientious correspondents , keeping each other informed of family news , discussing clothes and other matters of personal interest and recording in detail the comings and goings of friends ...
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